The Beach Volleyball
Grassroots Course saw 32 participants receive the FIVB VCP certificate during
the closing ceremony, which was covered by national media.

In his address to the
players and coaches, Dr. Younis Popalzay, President of Afghan Volleyball Federation
(AVF), asked the participants to go back home to their provinces and teach beach
volleyball with the knowledge they had gained at the seminar.

FIVB instructor Johann
Huber, from Austria, extended his stay in Kabul, doing additional training with
the women’s national team.

The closing ceremony took
place on the beach volleyball court in the Olympic sports complex, which the
participants had helped to refurbish. There was an exhibition match as part of
the event.

There was also the
distribution of special kids’ balls to the representatives of the Panjshir,
Paktika, Kandahar, Orozgan, Helmand, Wardak, Logar and Parwan provinces.

Mr Huber supervised the
distribution, and was asked to inform the FIVB that the AVF appreciated its
support and development fund. The balls and nets would help encourage the
spread of the sport, the AVF said, helping to develop a peaceful future for the
country.